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A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses [#permalink]
08 Jun 2006, 06:33

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A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
(A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
(B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
(C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animalsâ€™ horns have been
(D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animalsâ€™ horns are
(E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animalsâ€™ horns have been

C is the right answer. It is easy to get to C by POE. But the link i gave to the grammar page says something different about the correct usage of whether/if.
My life would have been miserable if i had an F choice:

f) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animalsâ€™ horns have been

The question is for the future and therefore 'if' sounds more appropriate.
E is confusing since once the proposal has been implemented, the horns are cut.
D seems clearer (doesn't include the ambiguous usage of the pronoun 'one' too) and thus my choice.

The question is for the future and therefore 'if' sounds more appropriate.E is confusing since once the proposal has been implemented, the horns are cut. D seems clearer (doesn't include the ambiguous usage of the pronoun 'one' too) and thus my choice.

Agree with u2lover and others. Another problem with A:
A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
Here the pronoun "their" can refer to rhinoceroses or toursists. Hmm.. I haven't seen people with horns yet

(C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animalsâ€™ horns have been
Pronoun mistake fixed! Hence C _________________

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Agree with u2lover and others. Another problem with A:A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.Here the pronoun "their" can refer to rhinoceroses or toursists. Hmm.. I haven't seen people with horns yet

(C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animalsâ€™ horns have beenPronoun mistake fixed! Hence C

nice. I think C is preferred over B because the Once in this sentence is used very similarly to Since. Both need present perfect tense.

The their in B is not ambiguous. It is clear because when we have a double referent single pronoun issue in which only one referent is logical, that pronoun is unambiguous. Their is clearly pointing to rhino.